Body of Bishop Bompas Taken in a Boat from the Church to the Graveyard

• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc 1906
• Subjects: Funeral processions; Bishops; Boats; Churches; Graveyards; Canada; Carcross; Yukon; Dawson; Whitehorse; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/klondike/id/259

1 Lantern Slide: b&w; 10 x 8 cm. William Bompus (1834-1906) was a travelling Anglican minister in the Mackenzie and Yukon river areas of North Western Canada. Bompus died in Carcross, Yukon, formerly called Caribou Crossing and approximately halfway between Dawson and Whitehorse. Reproduction ph...